What are the funniest video games?

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What are the funniest video games	Price	Steam Rating	Genre
-- Portal 2	$19.99	Overwhelmingly Positive	FPS
-- Portal	-	Overwhelmingly Positive	FPS
-- The Stanley Parable	-	Very Positive	Adventure, Interactive Story
-- Octodad: Dadliest Catch	$14.99	Very Positive	Very Positive
-- Day of the Tentacle Remastered	$14.99	Very Positive	Very Positive

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10 Games Considered

My Recommendation for Portal 2

My Recommendation for Portal 2

Entertaining and well delivered voice acting

Steep co-op learning curve

Witty and funny character driven story

Late game single player can be quite difficult

Well implemented tools that improve teamwork

No replay value

Creates a sense of accomplishment through a high level of teamwork

Main co-op campaign is short

Challenging puzzles that require creative thinking

So large in scope that it takes multiple playthroughs to see everything

Huge selection of user-generated content that should appeal to any use-case

Versatile selection of co-op multiplayer

Cross-platform co-op

Co-op does not punish when you want to goof off with or troll the other player

My Recommendation for Portal

My Recommendation for Portal

Humorous telling of a dark story

Portal mechanics not used much to their best ability

Made people fall in love with an inanimate, virtual object

Somewhat short

The game leaves clues to a deeper story

Outdated graphics

Making it halfway and completing unlocks new content

Character-driven

Innovative gameplay

Merges first-person shooting mechanics with platforming and puzzle-solving

Created one of the most memorable characters in gaming history - GLaDOS

Requires solving spatial and physics based puzzles using portals

Contains an AI powered by a potato

My Recommendation for The Stanley Parable

My Recommendation for The Stanley Parable

Exceptional narration

More an interactive story than an actual game

A few nods to other games can be seen throughout the game

Insightful commentary on state of game design

Points out narrative limitations in games by encouraging breaking narrative structure through gameplay

Discusses the illusion of choice in games

The game has a lot of different endings to find

My Recommendation for Octodad: Dadliest Catch

My Recommendation for Octodad: Dadliest Catch

Humorous story

Gameplay can be easy

Good variety to the gameplay

My Recommendation for Day of the Tentacle Remastered

My Recommendation for Day of the Tentacle Remastered

Filled with humor

No hints

Timeless cartoony art style

Some puzzle solutions can be a stretch

Ridiculous puzzles

Classic pixel graphics still available

Time travel makes you think 4 dimensionally

My Recommendation for Grim Fandango Remastered

My Recommendation for Grim Fandango Remastered

Stellar writing and voice acting

Some puzzles are obtuse

Challenging

My Recommendation for South Park: The Stick of Truth

My Recommendation for South Park: The Stick of Truth

My Recommendation for Sam & Max Hit the Road

My Recommendation for Sam & Max Hit the Road

My Recommendation for Conker's Bad Fury Day

My Recommendation for Conker's Bad Fury Day

My Recommendation for Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden

My Recommendation for Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden

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